Sunday, November 29, 2015

November has been a busy month. Not only are teachers using new tools, but they are struggling with burnout and old-fashioned interpersonal skills. We are needing inspiration and simple edtech advice as shown by the top blog posts here on the Cool Cat Teacher Blog and shows this month.

Remember, I'm over at coolcatteacher.com for those of you who haven't moved to the new link.

Top Shows of November 2015: Every Classroom Matters

Every Classroom Matters continues to have more than 110K downloads each month and growing (November stats aren't in yet.)Thank you to all of you who listen, share, and share your ideas for guests on the show.

November has been a great month! We have several weeks of very hard work left in December and then we have a little break. Yahoo! I know it is silly that I'm still tired after Thanksgiving break, but that is the truth. It is the end of the grading period and final exams at my school. These are stressful times and keeping up with everything is just nuts!

Thank you to the sponsors of Every Classroom Matters!

We've had some fantastic sponsors for the show recently! If you haven't checked them out, take a moment to look at these amazing sponsors:

Bloomz - how I'm connecting with parents this year! I love it and continue to share this one everywhere I go!

Volunteer Spot - An awesome tool to connect parents, teachers, and volunteers and easily set up parent-teacher conferences.

Help Teaching - has a free, fantastic test maker and lots of Common Core and standards-aligned resources to help you create and make resources to use in your classroom

Staples - I loved doing back to school work with them. This is where I shop! (Just today I picked up my planner paper.)

These organizations have support Every Classroom Matters and the mission of helping every teacher level up every day! I hope you'll click the links, try their services, and support those who support the show! Remember, your classroom matters! Thank you to all of you who are listening! I have some new sponsors I'll be announcing soon who are supporting the show and this blog! Thank you for making this work possible.

Tuesday, November 03, 2015

Teachers want to help students improve. But this is a time of year when many teachers struggle. Over on coolcatteacher.com there are ten posts that blew the doors off in popularity. Here are the top 10 Blog posts of October 2015 on the Cool Cat Teacher Blog.

Every Classroom Matters (Recent Shows)

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